Al-Kafi · Hadith 11

The Book of Supplication · Supplication for Pain, Worries, Sadness and Fear · Volume 2, book 2, chapter 55, Hadith 11

Original Arabic text

11ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ لِي رَجُلٌ أَيَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قُلْتَ حِينَ دَخَلْتَ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ بِالرَّبَذَةِ قَالَ قُلْتُ اللهمَّ إِنَّكَ تَكْفِي مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ وَلا يَكْفِي مِنْكَ شَيْ‏ءٌ فَاكْفِنِي بِمَا شِئْتَ وَكَيْفَ شِئْتَ وَمِنْ حَيْثُ شِئْتَ وَأَنَّى شِئْتَ.

Published English translation

11. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from certain individuals of our people from who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘A man once asked me, “What did you say when you met abu Ja’far (Mansur al-‘Abbasi, ruler) at Rabadha?” The Imam said that I told him what I said was this: ‘O Lord, You are sufficient for everything and there is no alternative for You, suffice me with whatever You will, as You will, whenever and wherever You will.’”

Narrator and transmission

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مجهول

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/423)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

Source records non-inclusion in this scholar's selection; this is not itself a weak or authentic grade.

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